Chapter: IV
"The Day of the Murder Witness Testimony"
Chapter Start
After the witness sat down and the talking among the stands quieted down von Karma wasted no time in addressing the witness.
"Would the witness state her name and profession for the record?" He spoke harshly trying to sound like he wasn't fazed by her appearance. After all he had a image to hold up in his mind
"Oh my! Must I state my name? It's kind of embarrassing." Sweetly spoke Wendy with a small blush forming around her cheeks.
Needless to say von Karma disliked her hesitance. However realizing that another outburst would merely stall the trial further he tried a different tactic.
"I am sorry miss but it's a formality of the court that you state your name and profession. After all I'm sure a woman as beautiful as yourself can make any name sound lovely." Von Karma forced out sounding as pleasant and nice as he could force out. The whole court became shocked when they heard almost a completely different person. Rather then sounding formal and strict, he almost sounded kind and gentle with a hint of insencerity.
((von Karma sounding nice? It's official! We've entered bizarro world)) Thought Marvin as he awaited the witnesses response
"Awwwwww you sound so cute when your acting! Sure I'd love to answer your question now sweetie!" Wendy exclaimed happily
"Well I'm an actress and my name is Wendy Oldbag but you can call me by my stage name Maria Lovestar!" Wendy said with a smile and wink at von Karma
von Karma cringed and screamed inwardly but kept a fake smile plastered on his face. "Yes well, Wendy-"
"Maria" Wendy interjected
"Sorry, Maria, could you give us your testimony on what you saw on the day of the murder? Please" He asked her his face red with restrained fury.
"Why sure cutie! I'd love to" She said with a smile enthusiastically
WITNESS TESTIMONY
"Night of the Murder"
"I was in my bedroom doing my make-up and listening to the radio when I heard some squabbling next door"
"At first I ignored it but then things got really loud so I ran over to my window to tell them to quiet down"
"Just when I got there I heard the sound of a smashing bottle and then a gunshot only a few seconds later"
"I looked out the window and while I couldn't see much due I saw shattered glass and blood tangled in the bedsheets that were falling almost right off the bed."
"From there shocked I went straight to bed."
Marvin smiled brightly when he heard that testimony. He already had noticed one huge contradiction and was thinking that there was probably plenty more.
"Okay well I suppose now the defense can cross examination this beautiful young witness" The judge spoke with that last bit directed at Wendy who only responded with a slight blush.
((Alright! Time to expose her to the court.)) Marvin thought his eyes filled with determination
"First would the witness please restate her testimony?" Requested Marvin
"Sure Mr. Big Attorney" Spoke Wendy playfully
"I was in my bedroom doing my make-up and listening to the radio when I heard some squabbling next door"
"HOLD IT!"
"Could you hear what they were fighting about?" Marvin asked just for kicks
"Well my radio was on and they were doing alot of shouting so I couldn't really hear what they were talking about sorry..." She responded with a frown
"No need! That makes sense." Responded the Judge hoping she wouldn't become upset
"Yes well continue on witness.." Demanded von Karma
"At first I ignored it but then things got really loud so I ran over to my window to tell them to quiet down"
"HOLD IT!"
"What time was it at this point." Asked Marvin curiously
"Oh...dear...ummmm." Wendy lowered her head a bit and bit her lip
"Sorry I wasn't paying attention to the time, all I could think about was getting them to be quiet." She sniffled like a puppy
"I'm not a very good witness am I?" She spoke sadly
"Nonsense! Your very being here is a great help to the proceedings!" The Judge said upliftingly trying to cheer her up.
She then smiled brightly and looked up at the court "I know I am, I was just kidding I remember the time!" She remarked cheerily
"W-What!? Witness what the hell?" Growled von Karma hating this witness as well
"Jeez! Didn't your mother teach you the proper way to address a lady? Honestly some men." She teased von Karma already telling that he was the irritable type.
"I agree! Mr. von Karma you must learn to address witnesses with the proper respect. be more careful or I shall have to penalize you!" the judge said coming to her rescue
"What!? But I...grrrrr nevermind..." von Karma reacted his rage building again
"Will the witness please tell the court the time you witnessed the murder?" Requested von Karma a frustration tear falling down his cheek.
"Sure Honey!" She said again happily
((Man these acting classes are really paying off!))
"Anyway the time was about 10:30pm give or take about 5 minutes since my watch is kinda slow." Spoke Wendy as she showed her left wrist which had a shiny gold coloured analog watch around it.
"Alright that matches with the evidence we've seen so far so the witness will continue her testimony." Exclaimed the Judge
"Just when I got there I heard the sound of a smashing bottle and then a gunshot only a few seconds later"
"I looked out the window and while I couldn't see much due I saw shattered glass and blood tangled in the bedsheets that were falling almost right off the bed."
"From there shocked I went straight to bed."
"HOLD IT!"
Marvin smirked and then slammed his desk with a diagonal movement of the arm
"That's all?" He asked
"That's all" Confirmed Wendy
"You sure you didn't do anything else?" He asked again stretching the "sure"
"Yes I'm sure" Confirmed Wendy once again
"Are you absolu-"
"OBJECTION!!!"
"Defence is there a point to this?" Demanded to know von Karma
"Yes there is, for you see the witness couldn't have done nothing for you see. If you recall Officer Gant's testimony"
Flashback
"She said that it was an emergency and that she heard gunfire and thought someone was dead."
"HOLD IT!"
Marvin placed both his hands on his desk and stared at the witness.
"Are you sure it was a woman?" Asked Marvin hoping to find a crack
Damon simply shrugged "Well they had a very high voice and they were shrieking and crying a lot so I simply assumed. Besides the other witness if a woman right? Makes sense that it would be her."
End Flashback
"He remarked that a woman heard a gunshot and called the police afterwards, he even mentionned that it was probably the witness here!" Explained Marvin
"OBJECTION!!!"
"Yes, but you yourself proved that he was lying. Therefore it's likely that that part was also a lie" Retorted von Karma
Marvin simply shook his head
"Yes but, he did go there eventually. And so I believe that the call must have come then. And as such I believe that it was-
"NONE OTHER THEN MS. WENDY-"
"Maria." She reminded him
"THEN THE WITNESS HERE THAT MADE THAT CALL!!!" Marvin exclaimed with confidence and power
Wendy however just sat there calmly as if nothing had happened
"Nope your wrong." She just simply spoke
"WHAT!!!!???" Cried Marvin
"But-but where's the denial? There's supposed to be a courtshaking scream of denial!" Marvin said in panic and confusion
"Witness do you rebuke the defenses claim?" Asked the Judge
"Yes I do." Confidently said Wendy
"O-on what grounds?" Asked the Judge confused
"On the grounds that it's not true." Said stated plainly
"Well if you didn't make the call who did?" Pondered Marvin
"IT WAS ME YOU DOLTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" A very high booming scream came from the audience
The owner of said voice was a young boy around 11-13 years of age. He had neat black hair that covered the front of his head like a bowl. He had thick black glasses and deep brown eyes. He wore what appeared to be a private school uniform with a clean grey shirt with a dark green vest and black tie. He also wore a black blazer over it. He also had on similarily coloured shorts and nice shoes. He was somewhat short for his age and had a very slim pale frame.
Muttering under his breath he stomped over to the courtroom and nudged over at Wendy who just let him take the stand.
"Ummm yes well young lad who would you be?" Asked the Judge thinking that he should say somthing about this
"I'm Winston Payne and for the record, I DON'T HAVE A GIRLY VOICE!!!" He shouted loudly in a ironically very high pitched feminine voice.
"Yes well uh so uh yeah..." The Judge was caught off guard and completly lost with what to do
"Mr. von Karma what does the prosecution think of this matter?" He asked him hoping that he would know how to deal with this rather akward situation.
"honestly...Will the young child please exclaim his reason for interupting the proceedings here today?" Requested von Karma wishing he hadn't taken this case
Similar to von Karma Winston muttered and then spoke up. "I was there on the night of the murder, and I made the call around 1pm since that's when I found out that my mom was fucking dead!" Shouted Winston.
"W-WHAT!!!!???" Shouted Marvin as he instinctivly moved his right hand to his face where his glasses would normally be
Chatter was heard amoung the audience as this new witness was shown. The judge banged his gavel loudly silencing the talking
"Order! Order in the Court! Well this certainly is odd, but it seems we have another witness to the crime. Tell us Winston, would you mind giving us your testimony?" Requested the Judge still unsure of what to do.
"I better, at this rate my dad's gonna be found guilty. Hey! Lady!" He adressed to Wendy beside him
"Yes what is it little boy?" She said sweetly despite his rudeness. Although she didn't like it, she couldn't bring herself to get mad at a child. This caused many to walk all over her.
"Move over! I'm taking the stand!" He said shoving her aside
"I see..." She remarked with a twitch as she moved aside
"Yes well, Ms. Lovestar your testimony checks out so your excused." The Judge explained as Wendy walked out of the courtroom.
"Alright now before the witness gives his testimony we will have a brief recess for about 1 hour." The judge then banged his gavel and with that the courtroom emptied mostly.
3:03pm
July 12th
Defence lobby
Marvin stood catching his breath from the court today. He glanced around until he saw his mentor approach him with a young boy at his side. The boy looked about 9 or 10 years old. He had short black hair and bright happy brown eyes. He was fairly small and thin and wore a little business suit similar to Marvin. He clung to Alexander's leg as the older man spoke up
"I have to admit Marvin, you didn't do too badly with what you had back there." Spoke Edgeworth upliftingly
"T-thank you sir! I really appreciate it...say who is that?" He said pointing down at child
The boy walked away from Alexander and moved over to Marvin slowly
"This young lad would be my grandson, Gregory. He's a big fan of yours. Go ahead Gregory say hi." Spoke Alexander while pating Greg on the head and then using his hand to push him closer to Marvin.
"I think you were really cool in court today, though you had alot of trouble to..." He remarked to Marvin looking tiny in comparisson to the massive height of Marvin.
"Thank you! Really this is all too much." Marvin spoke placing a hand behind his head not used to this kind of attention. It was at that moment that a voice came from behind him.
"Ahem, hello Mr. Grossberg" Spoke the unknown man
He was a middle aged man with short black hair a large mustache. He had thick dark glasses that made it hard to see his eyes. He was fairly fit but had a noticable buldge in his chest. He was average height and wore a grey business suit. His complexion was very pale and almost sickly looking. The man was none other then the defendent Mr. Payne
"Oh, yes how are you doing." Marvin asked polietly
"Well considering that I'm being charged with murder, I suppose I could be doing better." He answered sarcastically.
"Yes well I suppose so...sorry." Marvin responded now realizing what a stupid comment it was
"What is it you want Alfred?" Asked Alexander his eyes narrowed
"I first came here to apologize for my son's rudeness. He's really a good kid but sometimes he forgets that just because your gifted and rich that you can't talk down to people." Alfred commented hoping to clear his sons name
"Yes well kids can be a handful at times I'm sure." Marvin forgave Alfred without much trouble
"Cut the crap Alfred, why are you really talking to us?" Asked Edgeworth forcefully
"I'm here to tell you what I recall from last night alright? I think you'll need it." Alfred spoke to both of them with Gregory clinging to Marvin's leg.
"Very well, tell us your side of the story." Edgeworth said putting him on the spot.
Alfred sighed and then spoke up "Okay here it goes!" From there he began his account
"It was about 9:45 when it all started. Me and the Mrs. were doing the dishes. I was drying and she was washing them. During that time the conversation we were having turned to Winston and what to do about him entering Jr. High next fall. She was adamant that he goto a private school and take a special program that would have him be taught individually. However I wanted to send him to a public school so he could learn to socialize better. Needless to say it got worse and next thing I knew we were in our room yelling at eachother. Next thing I knew I said somthing really awful and she took a wine bottle from our desk and smashed near my shoulder. From there I went out cold and when I woke up I saw that Officer standing there and my wife dead with my gun next to me." Alfred finished his speech and took a breath
"In other words I didn't do it! Honest." Alfred pleaded
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Shouted Edgeworth
"I see well then goodbye." Alfred then walked away with a glare at Edgeworth
After Alfred had looked away Marvin turned around and asked
"Sir? Do you have some problem with Mr.Payne?" He inquired
Edgeworth simply shook his head "No not personally at least, but after hearing that he has made deals with mafia boss Maurice Mortmen I can't help but mistrust him."
Marvin simply lowered his head ((Maybe he really is guilty...after all there are alot of rumors about him.))
Seeing that he hadn't helped with his comment Edgeworth then spoke again "But don't let that cause you to lose faith in your client. If you don't have that you'll never make it! Understand?"
Marvin didn't seem convinced "Yeah sure..."
Sensing tension in the room Greg spoke up "I'm bored! Let's go outside until the court starts again!" He requested tugging on his grandfather's coat.
Edgeworth smiled and nodded his head "I agree, let's go out and get some fresh air until the court starts again." With that he started heading out of the building with Marvin following behind still wrapped in the idea that he was defending a guilty man.
END OF CHAPTER IV
Author: Sorry again for late update! Holidays really stunted production on this chapter. At least their progressivly getting longer so it's worth it right? Sort of?...Nevermind anyway I hope you liked it and remember
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-Drake DarkHunter
